Mike Oldfield discography
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This page is a discography for the musician Mike Oldfield.
Contents |
[edit] Albums
| Year | Title | UK Album Chart position |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Tubular Bells | 1 |
| 1974 | Hergest Ridge | 1 |
| 1975 | Ommadawn | 4 |
| 1978 | Incantations | 14 |
| 1979 | Exposed | 16 |
| 1979 | Platinum (aka Airborn) | 24 |
| 1980 | QE2 | 27 |
| 1982 | Five Miles Out | 7 |
| 1983 | Crises | 6 |
| 1984 | Discovery | 15 |
| 1984 | The Killing Fields | |
| 1987 | Islands | 29 |
| 1989 | Earth Moving | 30 |
| 1990 | Amarok | |
| 1991 | Heaven's Open | |
| 1992 | Tubular Bells II | 1 |
| 1994 | The Songs of Distant Earth | 24 |
| 1996 | Voyager | 12 |
| 1998 | Tubular Bells III | 4 |
| 1999 | Guitars | 40 |
| 1999 | The Millennium Bell | |
| 2002 | Trɜs Lunɑs | |
| 2003 | Tubular Bells 2003 | |
| 2005 | Light & Shade | |
| 2008 | Music of the Spheres | 9 |
[edit] Other albums
[edit] Soundtracks
Although the introduction theme was used in The Exorcist, Tubular Bells (1973) was not a soundtrack album. Oldfield was commissioned to produce the music for NASA's The Space Movie in 1979; no soundtrack album was released however.
Mike Oldfield also contributed to the The X-Files movie soundtrack album, with his rendition of Mark Snow's main theme, entitled "Tubular X". Note, this does not appear on all versions of the soundtrack album for the movie.
The only full film score which Oldfield has written, was for the 1984 film The Killing Fields (See The Killing Fields soundtrack album).
[edit] Orchestral arrangements
In 1975 David Bedford arranged Oldfield's first two albums, Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge, for orchestra. These were both performed and recorded, however only The Orchestral Tubular Bells was released to the public as an album, and reached number 17 in the UK Albums Chart. Even though The Orchestral Hergest Ridge was not released, sections were used in the soundtrack to The Space Movie.
[edit] Live albums
There is only one officially released Oldfield live audio album, Exposed, although others have been released on video (see below). Exposed reached number 16 in the UK Album Chart and was recorded in 1979.
The alternate version of Platinum, Airborn is a US-only 2-LP release from 1980. One LP being a version of Platinum, the other having a live version of Tubular Bells part one and a live/studio version of Incantations. Note, they are not the same recordings as Exposed.
[edit] Singles
[edit] Compilations and remixes
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Boxed | Versions of Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn mixed into Quadraphonic. Also a 4th LP, Collaborations, of shorter tracks with some of the musicians he's worked with on the longer projects. The CD release mixes the quadraphonic versions back down to 2 tracks. |
| 1979 | Impressions | |
| 1980 | Mike Oldfield's Wonderland | |
| 1980 | Music Wonderland | |
| 1981 | Episodes | |
| 1985 | The Complete Mike Oldfield | |
| 1987 | A Virgin Compilation | |
| 1990 | Collector's Edition Box I & II | Boxed sets of three albums. |
| 1993 | Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield | 1 CD |
| 1993 | Elements Box | 4 CDs |
| 1997 | XXV: The Essential | |
| 2000 | Tubular Bells SA-CD | Hybrid SA-CD contains a new remaster of the original LP in 2-channel CDDA and DSD, and a new remaster of the 1975 quadraphonic mix. |
| 2001 | The Best of Tubular Bells | |
| 2002 | Collection | |
| 2002 | The Platinum Collection | 3 CDs |
[edit] Video/DVD
| Year | Title | VHS | DVD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | The Space Movie | 1983 | 2007 |
| 1979 | Exposed | - | 2005 |
| 1980 | The Essential Live | 1980 | - |
| 1981 | Live at Montreux 1981 | - | 2006 |
| 1988 | The Wind Chimes | 1988 | Included on DVD Elements |
| 1992 | Tubular Bells II, The Performance Live at Edinburgh Castle | 1992 | 1999 (with TB3) |
| 1993 | Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield | 1993 | 2004 |
| 1998 | Tubular Bells III, The Performance Live at Horse Guards Parade | 1998 | 1999 (with TB2) |
| 2000 | The Art in Heaven Concert, Live In Berlin | 2000 | 2001 |
[edit] Collaborations
| Year | Title | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Children of the Sun | The Sallyangie | With his sister Sally Oldfield. |
| 1970 | Shooting at the Moon | Kevin Ayers and the Whole World | |
| 1971 | Edgar Broughton Band | The Edgar Broughton Band | |
| 1971 | Ear of Beholder | Lol Coxhill | |
| 1972 | Nurses Song with Elephants | David Bedford | |
| 1973 | Whatevershebringswesing | Kevin Ayers and the Whole World | |
| 1973 | Legend | Henry Cow | |
| 1974 | Rock Bottom | Robert Wyatt | |
| 1974 | The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories | Kevin Ayers | |
| 1974 | June 1, 1974 | Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Nico and Brian Eno | Live album |
| 1974 | Star's End | David Bedford | |
| 1974 | Unrest | Henry Cow | |
| 1975 | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | David Bedford | |
| 1976 | Odd Ditties | Kevin Ayers | A compilation of singles and unreleased tracks. |
| 1976 | The Odyssey | David Bedford | |
| 1976 | Bandages | The Edgar Broughton Band | |
| 1977 | Instructions for Angels | David Bedford | |
| 1977 | Mathematicians Air Display | Pekka Pohjola | Also known as a collaboration with Pekka Pohjola or The Consequences of Indecisions album. The original title is Keesojen Lehto, under which it is available on CD from Love Records. There was also a release with a Swedish title. |
| 1977 | Song of the White Horse | David Bedford | |
| 1977 | Fine Old Tom | Tom Newman | |
| 1979 | Faerie Symphony | Tom Newman | |
| 1979 | Downwind | Pierre Moerlen's Gong | |
| 1979 | Strange Man, Changed Man | Bram Tchaikovsky | |
| 1979 | "Judy's Gone Down/Jung Lovers" | James Vane | Single |
| 1980 | Live | Pierre Moerlen's Gong | Live album |
| 1980 | The Concertina Record | Lea Nicholson | |
| 1980 | Joy | The Skids | |
| 1990 | Natasha | Sally Nathasha Oldfield | |
| 1990 | Kâma-Sûtra | Michel Polnareff | |
| 1992 | Still Life with Guitar | Kevin Ayers | |
| 1992 | BBC Radio 1: Live in Concert | Kevin Ayers | |
| 1995 | Variations on a Rhythm of Mike Oldfield | David Bedford | |
| 1996 | Singing the Bruise | Kevin Ayers | |
| 1997 | Snow Blind | Tom Newman | |
| 1998 | The Garden of Love | Kevin Ayers | |
| 2000 | Official Bootleg One | Phil Beer | |
| 2000 | Do Ya Wanna Play, Carl | Carl Palmer | |
| 2002 | From the Banks of the River Irwell | Max Bacon | |
| 2005 | Tag und Nacht | Schiller |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Mike Oldfield Discography at Tubular.net
- Mike Oldfield Discography at Amadian.net
- Mike Oldfield Discography at ToucanSolutions.com
- Mike Oldfield Discography at Rainer-Muenz's Tubular World
- Mike Oldfield Discography by Richard Carter
- Argiers - Mike Oldfield's collector corner
